The new copy of MOJO that features an interview with Noel Gallagher is out now in stores and available digitally here below is an extract from it.
MOJO: Did you always know if a song would be sung by you or by Liam? Could any of them have gone the other way.
Noel Gallagher: "No. The only time I laid down the law was Wonderwall and Don't Look Back In Anger. I was so fucked off with him walking off stage and me having to take over and do the gig. I remember thinking, If I'm going to keep doing this, I want a big fucking song to sing. I said, "You're singing one or the other but not both." He hated Wonderwall. He said it was trip-hop There speaks a man who's never heard trip-hop. He wanted to sing Don't Look Back In Anger but it came apparent during the recording that Wonderwall was going to be the tune. If I'm being honest I shouldn't have sung either of them because I wasn't really a singer then".
MOJO: So you don't like the recording of Don't Look Back In Anger?
Noel Gallagher: I don't like any of the recordings on (What's The Story) Morning Glory? It's the only album we never did demos for. I was writing on tour and I'd planned on finishing the songs when I got to the studio and we never got around to it. Cast No Shadow is half-written. Wonderwall. Morning Glory.
MOJO: Last year Wonderwall became the first song from the 1990s to exceed one billion streams. Any theory as to why it's become The One?
Noel Gallagher: I have no idea. It beggars belief. Wonderwall is one of my least favourite songs because it's not finished. If I could somehow twist time and go back there, I'd pick a different song for our calling card. Probably Some Might Say.